Team USA ready for do-or-die Saturday
Durant and company to take on Czechs in crucial tilt
Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant had a feeling Team USA would rebound from Sunday’s humbling loss to France in their Olympic opener.
But Wednesday’s preliminary-round rout of Iran only got half the job done for a player seeking his record-tying third gold medal and a national team that is shooting for its fourth consecutive visit to the top of the podium.
“We were a bit too unselfish and that bit us before,” Durant ceded after Team USA reasserted itself as the squad to beat during these ongoing Tokyo Olympics with a 120-66 demolition of the Iranians at Saitama Super Arena.